July 22, 2015 at 1:27 p.m.
Loew to be guest speaker at Rhinelander District Library
Journalist to discuss new book July 27
Loew to be guest speaker at Rhinelander District Library
Patty Loew, Ph.D., is a professor in the UW-Madison Department of Life Sciences Communication, a documentary producer, and a former broadcast journalist in public and commercial television.
A member of the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Ojibwe, Dr. Loew is the author of three highly-acclaimed books: "Indian Nations of Wisconsin: Histories of Endurance and Renewal," "Native People of Wisconsin," which is used by 15,000 Wisconsin children as a middle school social studies textbook, and her latest offering, "Seventh Generation Earth Ethics: Native Voices of Wisconsin," a collection of biographies of Native American environmental leaders in Wisconsin.
Loew is well known for her 20 years of hosting statewide news and public affairs programs for Wisconsin Public Television. In addition, she has produced documentaries for public and commercial television, including the award-winning "Way of the Warrior," which aired nationally on PBS in 2007 and 2011.
Loew said that "Seventh Generation Earth Ethics" is the "result of 30 years of working as a journalist and historian in Wisconsin's Native American communities."
Winona LaDuke, a long-time activist in Native American and environmental communities, and member of the Ojibwe, Mississippi Band Anishinaabeg, writes in the foreword of the book, "We live because our ancient beings, the gete Anishinaabeg our ancestral beings, shine in lights in the forest or torches on the lake. This is the place of Anishinaabeg, and we are those who are indigenous in the present. This is the plane of the stories of heroic beings in this book, stories well-told."
From the publisher, Wisconsin Historical Society Press: "The Native people whose lives are depicted in 'Seventh Generation Earth Ethics' understood the cultural gravity that kept their people rooted to their ancestral lands and acted in ways that ensured the growth and success of future generations. In this way they honor the Seventh Generation philosophy, which cautions decision makers to consider how their actions will affect seven generations in the future--some 240 years."
There will be a book signing after the presentation.
Loew is donating all royalties from this book to the Wisconsin Indian Education Association (WIEA).
This event is sponsored by the Marj and Dick Peters Memorial Lecture Series, which was established in 2006 to fund library programs on topics of conservation and sustainability.
"Longtime Rhinelander residents Marj and Dick Peters enjoyed the outdoors and were keenly interested in preserving our natural resources for future generations," the library said in a press release. "As a result of their generosity, this series has hosted 20 very interesting and diverse speakers and has developed a loyal following in the Northwoods."
Call the library at (715) 365-1070 with any questions about this program.
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